The Gold Tone Weissenborns have just appeared in the Elderly catalog. The SM
model has brought on a major gas attack. Do they have the original bracing
pattern?
Thanks.
Tony D
Hi John,
I notice Elderly has both the mahogany and spruce-topped versions. I
haven't heard many Weissenborns other than the old, original koa versions.
Would the mahogany-topped version be closest to that sound (I'm guessing)?
What does the spruce-topped version sound like, in comparison?
Which version would you recommend for someone getting their first
Weissenborn-type guitar? I'd like to add something like this to my
collection of instruments of sonic destruction... maybe not right away, but
after I pay off the new nylon string, maybe. It would probably get a
Sunrise pickup and be played in the David Lindley style, not so much for
traditional Hawaiian music.
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Mike Barrs
Re Koa - I have a Gibson prototype kona in mahogany (a killer), and having
also played a few standard guitars (inc prewar Martin hawaiians) in all-koa,
my first choice would be mahogany. I know it isn't traditional, but I like
the sweet tone, light weight and responsiveness. If I was spending a lot of
money on a weisenborn or kona, it would be quilted mahogany.
I don't suppose you have thought of doing a kona?
Tony D
"Johnpearsede" <johnpe...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Cool, thanks for the info. Sweet and/or nasty is what I'm looking for, so
it will probably be the spruce version, when I can afford to pull the
trigger. Maybe this coming winter.
I'll have to dust off what little overhand bar chops I have, from fooling
with an old Ibanez lap steel. I've mostly been playing bottleneck the last
few years.
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Mike Barrs